Odisha woman gives birth to conjoined twins with two heads, three hands

Conjoined twins were born in Odisha’s Kendrapara district with two heads, three hands and two legs.

Kendrapara (Odisha): A woman at Kanigaon in Odisha's Kendrapara district gave birth to conjoined twins on Sunday. The twins were born with two heads and three hands.

The conjoined twins — two girls — were born at a private hospital in Kendrapara town. Later the babies were moved to the district hospital as their health condition deteriorated.

According to doctors, there is very little chance of such children surviving and leading a normal life. The conjoined twins are a rare congenital anomaly and are joined at the chest and abdomen.

This happens only when the fetus in the womb of the woman does not develop properly. This condition occurs in one in a million, doctors said.

Meanwhile, the doctors in Kendrapara district hospital referred the conjoined twins to the Sishu Bhawan in Cuttack for further treatment.